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- ↑ "Chart Track: Week 2, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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- ↑ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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